RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY ON OPERATION SANDSTONE Part 3

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Summary: Produced for the Atomic Energy Commission and the Armed Forces by USAF, Lookout Mountain Laboratory (4201 Mot. Pic. Sqn.), Hollywood, Calif., Nov. 1948. Reel 1: 1) The atomic bomb blast showing mushroom of Baker Day. 2) Headline, ATOM BOMB WRECKS 13 SHIPS AT BIKINI. 3) CU calendar pad showing date of Nov. 22, 1948. 4) LS across harbor showing ships anchored. 5) MS SV B-29 in flight. 6) CU of No. 3 and 4 engines of B-29 showing bomb bay doors opening. 7) CU INT cockpit showing bombardier. 8) CU of hand as it pushes button for bomb release. 9) CU bomb bay section of B-29, as doors close. Aircraft banks. 10) CU some of the ruins of Nagasaki that are still burning. Several views of the ruins of Nagasaki. 11) DS on bridge as people and carts are going across same. 12) MS FV barrack type buildings, cars parked in front. 13) CU sign on door, RADIATION LABORATORY. 14) CU girl as she writes data on paper work and then reaches over and adjusts dial on instrument. 15) CU instrument. 16) CU large machinery, sign, DANGER, NEUTRONS. 17) INT of laboratory, several views showing the various instruments to be used to detect radiation. 18) CU entrance to naval training school in damage control. 19) INT school showing instructor standing at blackboard writing equation -- Camera pans over to students checking text books. 20) CU instructor. 21) CU instructor's hand as he erases equation from blackboard. Map of Marshall Islands which include Eniwetok, Bikini, Kwajalein Atoll. 22) INT classroom scene. 23) CU map as pointer points to various islands in the Marshall Group. 24) CU derrick as it unloads cement and puts it into framework. Several views of the construction of various tests on Eniwetok Island. 25) CU ship's deck -- camera pans out to various ships in convoy underway -- camera pans over to one of the men at station looking through binoculars. 26) INT ship MT. McKINLEY, showing officers of PROJECT SANDSTONE. 27) Deck scenes, the BAIROKOCVE 115, showing men seated on chairs being orientated. 28) Harbor scenes of convoy at Eniwetok. 29) DS on small boat as it hauls crew members onto shore. 30) Several views of the waiting for the bomb test, showing various instruments being installed, shelters being built and displays placed for the testings of effects of the atom bomb on various types of paints and varnishes. 31) CU crystal in hand which portrays amounts of radiation by color. 32) CU hand as it places shields over some of display. 33) CU cement block building. 34) CU instructor and other personnel, instructor is briefing crew on use of geiger counter and operation of same. 35) CU showing radiated article on deck of ship, men using geiger counters and making report on same. 36) CU tent -- RADIOLOGICAL UNIT, TU 761, RESTRICTED AREA. 37) INT of tent, showing a group of military men referring to charts and map. 38) CU men marking map. 39) CU two military men removing meters from air conditioned compartment. Reel 2: 1) MS engineer checking some of the instruments on Eniwetok, technician walking over to radiated particle at center of circular area, four technicians with geiger counters move toward center. 2) CU geiger counter. 3) INT laboratory showing test being made. 4) Several views of the island installation prior to zero hour. 5) MS of the evacuation of the island. 6) MCU of ship as members of the island climb aboard. 7) CU whistle as it blows. 8) INT control room. 9) DS on deck of BAIROKOCVE 115, aircraft carrier. 10) MS three men donning clothing protective against radioactive matter. 11) INT room showing briefing of members who are to participate in test. Instructors place map on board and point to various sections of map. 12) MS C-47 stationary. 13) CU crew members kneeling at side of C-47, instruments lying on ground in front of same. 14) MS line of personnel who are to track radioactivity on island after test. Each man is issued special badge. 15) INT briefing room scene, each person receives his clothing, instruments and rations. 16) MLS radar screen at top of shed. 17) PS L to R as seen through binoculars of Eniwetok Island. 18) Night scene from deck of ship. 19) Night scene, B-17 drones taxiing. 20) Night scene, takeoff of B-17 drone. 21) Atomic bomb blast -- night scene -- large flash of light (Several fixed scenes are taken during this flash). 22) PS across Eniwetok Island morning after bomb burst showing destruction on same. 23) MS H-5 helicopter hovering over ship -- camera pans with helicopter. 24) SV B-17 drone aircraft. 25) SV B-29 in flight. 26) Interior of cockpit showing pilot, co-pilot and weather officer. 27) CU some of the monitors who are to survey island. 28) MS first landing after explosion. 29) MS of ruins showing one of the monitors walking through same. 30) Several scenes of the monitors as they inspect ruins. 31) ADS on Eniwetok as seen from helicopter showing monitors inspecting ruins. 32) MS helicopter hovers over ship, drops radioactive particle on canvas which is immediately taken down to laboratory. 33) CU some of the instruments that gauge radioactivity. Reel 3: 1) CU two men wearing protective clothing inspecting soil on Eniwetok. 2) CU two men inspecting some of the ruins with geiger counter. 3) MS radio center on island. 4) INT of ship, military man writing on chart. Monitors are checked for radioactivity on clothing. Equipment is turned in, all clothing destroyed. 5) CU placing clothing in cans. Film badges turned in to officer, later to be developed to determine quality of radioactivity the monitor was exposed to. 6) CU some of the records showing military making notation on same. 7) Several laboratory scenes testing radioactivity on various articles. 8) CU laboratory technician as he looks through microscope. 9) MLS various scenes of monitors checking radioactivity on Eniwetok. 10) MS monitors on jeeps checking surrounding islands with geiger counters. 11) CU Red Cross truck -- water tower in bg. 12) CU some of the monitors donning protective clothing. 13) CU B-17 drone as it flies directly over camera. 14) RV B-17 drone as it lands. 15) CU B-17 drone, name on side, THE BETTY. 16) CU removal of articles from drone aircraft. 17) MS of the washing and cleaning of the B-17 drone. 18) INT washroom showing military washing up after being exposed to radioactivity. 19) CU man being inspected for radioactivity. 20) MS men leaving island. 21) MS the H-5 landing. 22) LS out across harbor showing ship giving light signals. 23) Deck scene of crew members with life preservers on. 24) INT control room showing monitor pushing switches. 25) LS of the atomic bomb flash. Crew members with goggles on as seen during flash of bomb burst. Good

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities